Transmigrated into the fat wife of the future prime minister

Chapter 139: Henpecked!

Although Hui Niang didn't think highly of Xu Qingmeng either, she had made the cabbage herself and failed first, so she couldn't say anything.

Xu Qingmeng said with a smile, "It should be alright, my family runs a restaurant."

"Oh, I see. I never would have guessed. You've taken such good care of yourself. Unlike my mother, who runs a small shop selling food and doesn't cook much, her hands are so rough."

Then Hui Niang obediently gave way. Xu Qingmeng, who was four months pregnant, was still very quick and efficient, and quickly washed the pot.

Then I added some oil to the pot, and with a sizzling sound, I threw in some minced ginger and a few dried chili pepper pieces. The aroma came out instantly.

Hui Niang's eyes lit up, and she finally believed that Xu Qingmeng really knew how to cook. She quickly squatted down in front of the stove and asked, "Is this heat okay? Should I turn it down a bit?"

Xu Qingmeng poured the cabbage into the pot, intending to make hot and sour cabbage, and nodded: "Okay."

Although Hui Niang couldn't cook, her knife skills were excellent. She had already sliced ​​the cabbage stalks thinly and evenly, and the other vegetables were also prepared, which saved Xu Qingmeng a lot of time.

Xu Qingmeng worked quickly, and in a short time, she had cooked several quick dishes.

Spicy and sour cabbage, stir-fried pork with chili peppers, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried pork liver, sweet and sour lotus root, and braised fish were all prepared. During this time, Xu Qingmeng also mixed three cold dishes.

The staple food was steamed buns bought on the street. Xu Qingmeng heated them in another pot, and thinking that there were still Yuanbao, she also steamed a bowl of minced meat and steamed egg in the steamer.

Beneath the steamer, Xu Qingmeng cooked a pot of sweet potato rice soup.

The final main dish was chicken stew with potatoes, which was served in a large pot.

"It smells so good."

Gu Yunyi and the others, who were discussing academic matters in the courtyard, couldn't sit still any longer as they smelled the delicious aromas wafting from the kitchen.

Zhou Yuanjia took a deep breath and said with a smile, "We're really in for a treat today. Gu Niangzi's cooking skills are truly amazing. Just the smell is enough to make my mouth water."

"Does Madam Gu know how to cook?" Fang Ziheng, who was playing with his son, couldn't help but ask as he smelled the aroma.

"Of course! You don't know, Madam Gu's cooking skills are very famous in our Muquan County. The Gu family opened a restaurant, and at first, the whole town knew about it just from the steamed buns they sold in the morning, and their lunch set meals... tsk tsk..."

Gu Yunyi listened to Zhou Yuanjia's exaggerated claims, while Fang Ziheng listened intently. So he got up and went to the kitchen.

"They're here. The food is almost ready. Go and see why they haven't arrived yet."

They met Jiang Mingyu on the way, and on their way back they also called Huang Boyang, who lived next door.

Gu Yunyi looked around the kitchen and saw that Hui Niang was helping Xu Qingmeng very smoothly, so he nodded and left.

Just as I reached the door, Huang Boyang arrived carrying two jugs.

"I was going to call you from next door, but I forgot. With your keen sense of smell, you don't need to be called."

Huang Boyang said with a smile, "Of course, there's no need to call. I came here just by smelling it. Here, this is some liquor I just bought on the street. It's not very strong, so women can drink it too. We can have a few drinks later."

"I'll ask later." Gu Yunyi smiled and gestured for him to go in first. "They're all here. I still need to go see Brother Jiang." Huang Boyang smiled, gave him a look, and said, "Brother Gu, so you're afraid of your wife."

Gu Yunyi, however, did not feel offended at all. Instead, he raised his chin smugly and said, "So you want to be afraid of your wife, huh!"

But it's not that it doesn't exist.

Huang Boyang stared at Gu Yunyi's retreating figure, feeling indignant after being told that.

He's just saying that; he doesn't want to look for it, it's not like he can't find it. Look at his smug expression, it's really something.

After Huang Boyang came in, Xu Qingmeng had prepared all the dishes in no time.

He and Huiniang carried the food to the table in the main room together.

The small square table was filled to the brim, with a large pot of stewed chicken and potatoes in the center, emitting a rich aroma.

"This dinner is really plentiful," Zhou Yuanjia remarked. He hadn't done anything but sit and wait to eat, so he felt a little embarrassed and reached out to help ladle the sweet potato rice soup into a small bowl.

Fang Ziheng brought over the gold ingots, clearly not expecting such a large sum of money.

Actually, it's not that I haven't eaten such a lavish feast before; in fact, I eat it often. But the fact that Madam Gu prepared it in such a short time shows that, just in terms of color and aroma, it's far superior to ordinary home-cooked dishes.

I don't know why, but I, who am not usually a big eater, couldn't help but swallow my saliva.

"Daddy, eat meat, eat..." Yuanbao was being held by Fang Ziheng, his little hands kept tugging at the table, and his big eyes were glued to it.

Xu Qingmeng glanced at Yuanbao. The child hadn't uttered a word since he came in, and she had even thought that the little guy couldn't speak.

Since they weren't familiar with each other, she didn't ask.

But thinking about the two kids at home, it's clear the little one has less exposure to them and a smaller vocabulary.

Fang Ziheng carried Xiao Yuanbao a little further away, then gently turned the little guy's head away from the food on the table.
She said gently, "Yuanbao, be good. You can't eat now. You have to wait until all the adults come before you can eat meat, okay?"

I don’t know if the little guy understood, but he clearly knew he couldn’t eat this time. He was very disappointed and buried his face in his arms, feeling sad.

Xu Qingmeng couldn't stand seeing children like this, and Yuanbao was so cute, so she said, "Yuanbao is still young. We'll be living together for at least a month, so he's not really an outsider. It's okay to get him some food first."

Huang Boyang and Zhou Yuanjia agreed, nodding in agreement, since who would care about a child?

Moreover, they are all the kind of people who don't care about details, so they don't care even more.

Fang Ziheng shook his head without hesitation: "It's alright. Brother Gu will probably be back soon. In Brother Jiang's opinion, since it's a courtyard we rented and we're just sharing it with you, let's wait for everyone to come together."

Hui Niang was about to feed the child with a bowl, but after hearing what her husband said, she said, "It's alright, they should be here soon, let's just wait."

Xu Qingmeng was about to say something, but then thought better of it. No one would hold a grudge against a child, but who knew what Sun Jingyi might do…
This was quite unfair to Xiao Yuanbao, because in his opinion, his mother would always soften her heart whenever he did this. Who would have thought that he would fail with his mother this time as well.

(End of this chapter)